ascocarp

as·co·carp

A0454700 (ăs′kə-kärp′)n. An ascus-bearing structure found in ascomycetous fungi.

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as′co·car′pic adj.

ascocarp

(ˈæskəˌkɑːp) n (Botany) (in some ascomycetous fungi) a globular structure containing the asci. See apothecium, perithecium

as•co•carp

(ˈæs kəˌkɑrp)

n. (in ascomycetous fungi) the fruiting body bearing the asci. [1885–90] as`co•carp′ous, adj.

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Noun

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ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungusascoma - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacleapothecium - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungicleistocarp, cleistothecium - closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegrationperithecium - flask-shaped ascocarpascomycete, ascomycetous fungus - any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascusfruiting body - an organ specialized for producing spores